China accounts for 21% of int’l tourism spending – UNWTO
China’s increasingly lucrative outbound tourism market makes up 21% of global visit spending, and has a “great potential” for future growth, says UN report.
China’s increasingly lucrative outbound tourism market makes up 21% of global visit spending, and has a “great potential” for future growth, says UN report.
International students become ambassadors, permanent ambassadors who have a sentimental attachment to their host destination, so I think the impact is much bigger than we actually put in the numbers.
Youth travel consultancy, StudentMarketing, has signed an MoU with UN World Tourism Organisation paving the way for the production of a global report on youth and student tourism.
Global tourism mobility is on the rise with 1.138 billion tourists travelling abroad in 2014 – 4.7% more than in 2013. Which countries showed the highest increase on expenditure and which continent welcomed over half of all tourists?
Chinese nationals spent US$102 billion on tourism in 2012 - making it the highest spending country in the world in terms of tourism, further cementing its potential as a student source market, given the overlapping of academic and leisure goals. Russia and Brazil also saw strong rises in tourism spending, while a report into international alumni and tourism spending was also published.
Trade association WYSE Travel Confederation (organiser of WYSTC) has recently been elected to the Affiliate Member board UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and also granted consultative status to UNESCO. The organisation said the new affiliations "strengthen our global position in the tourism industry".